Scientists filmed a squid covering itself in mud and holding its tentacles upright, using camouflage that helps it hide on the ocean floor.

The colossal squid is the largest squid in terms of mass, weighing in at 495kg. The squid’s tentacles are only released when ...

Picture a pair of eyes the size of soccer balls peering out at you from the dark depths of the ocean. For the colossal squid, this is life. The eye si.

Sperm whales dive into the midnight zone, using echolocation to track giant squid, returning scarred breathing hard, alive at ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore deep-sea biology, physical trauma, and survival possibilities during ...

I n the darkest depths of the ocean, a battle has been unfolding for millions of years: whales versus squids. Both animals ...

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Locals have likened the shark that washed up on the Spanish beach to popular characters from the How To Train Your Dragon species - but experts say it appears to have met a tragic end ...

A lot of weird-looking life-forms lurk in the deep sea, and this year we got some spectacularly close looks at several of them, including a goofy Doctor Who–esque octopus, alienlike Antarctic dwellers ...

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Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the deep sea. However, researchers still don't know very much about the ...